What attitudes do psychiatrists hold towards people with mental illness?

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 401-406

  Kingdom, David ^a   Sharma, Tonmoy ^b   Hart, Deborah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG LEGISLATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL WORKER; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 8344272002     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.28.11.401     Document Type: Article

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